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Es cierto, la ciudad es muy grande.

Es cierto, la ciudad es muy grande.
It is true, the city is very big.
From Lesson 6:Simple negation (no)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Es cierto, la ciudad es muy grande.

ser
to be
grande
big
la ciudad
the city
muy
very
cierto
true

Questions & Answers about Es cierto, la ciudad es muy grande.

Why is there no word for 'it' before es cierto?
In Spanish, the subject 'it' is almost always dropped. The verb es (is) already includes the idea of 'it', so es cierto perfectly translates to 'it is true'.
Why is it la ciudad if the word doesn't end in -a?
While many feminine nouns end in -a, words ending in -dad (like ciudad or universidad) are almost always feminine. Because of this rule, ciudad (city) uses the feminine word for 'the', which is la.
Since ciudad is feminine, why isn't grande spelled as granda?
Adjectives that end in -e (like grande) are gender-neutral. They stay exactly the same whether you are describing a masculine or a feminine noun.
How would I say 'It is not true' using the negation rules from this lesson?
You simply place no immediately before the verb. So, 'It is not true' becomes No es cierto. The same works for the second part: 'the city is not very big' would be la ciudad no es muy grande.

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